Social Skills Improvement System

Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS) Rating Scales Authors: Frank Gresham, PhD and Stephen N. Elliott The SSIS (Social Skills Improvement System) Rating Scales is designed to assess individuals and small groups in order to evaluate social skills, problem behaviors, and academic competence. It is hoped that teacher, parent and student forms will provide a comprehensive picture across school, home, and community settings. Designed to replace the SSRS Social Skills Rating System, this substantially revised tool includes updated norms, improved psychometric properties, and new subscales. The multi-rater SSIS Rating Scales helps measure: Social Skills: Communication, Cooperation, Assertion, Responsibility, Empathy, Engagement, Self-Control Competing Problem Behaviors: Externalizing, Bullying, Hyperactivity/Inattention, Internalizing, Autism Spectrum Academic Competence: Reading Achievement, Math Achievement, Motivation to Learn This significant revised instrument features:         

Four new subscales (Communication, Engagement, Bullying, and Autism Spectrum) National norms for pre-school Spanish versions of Parent and Student forms New items to provide greater coverage of important behaviors on existing subscales Revision of existing items to improve the alignment of content across forms Collection of reliability and validity evidence, including correlations with other measures and consistency with research on special populations Standard scores with percentile ranks Standardization based on a nationwide sample matched to the US population estimates for race, region, and SES Combined norms and separate-sex norms

Convenient Scoring Options: The SSIS Rating Scales may be hand-scored. For added convenience, use the ASSIST software which provides computer scoring and reporting, including individual, progress and multi-rater reports - and a direct link to suggested interventions with the SSIS Intervention Guide. Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS). Copyright (C) 2007 NCS Pearson, Inc, Descriptive text reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. "SSIS" is a trademark in the US and/or other countries of Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. Pearson's online catalog product page: http://psychcorp.pearsonassessments.com/HAIWEB/Cultures/enus/Productdetail.htm?Pid=PAa3400&Mode=summary